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September 2, 2018 by J. Scott Butherus

Boston man escapes shark by repeatedly punching it

William Lytton, of Scarsdale, N.Y., right, has his vital signs checked by physical therapist Caitlin Geary, left, at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, while recovering from a shark attack. Lytton suffered deep puncture wounds to his leg and torso after being attacked by a shark on Aug. 15, 2018 while swimming off a beach, in Truro, Mass. Lytton injured a tendon in his arm while fighting off the shark. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

William Lytton, the man who survived a shark attack this summer in Truro,is telling the story of how he escaped the jaws of what is believed to have been a great white.

Source: Boston Magazine

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